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Definition of hair’s breadth noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hair’s breadth

noun
 
/ˈheəz bredθ/
 
/ˈherz bredθ/
[singular]
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  1. a very small amount or distance
    • We won by a hair's breadth.
    • They were within a hair's breadth of being killed.
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